Re: arthritis and minerals/ and HRT

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the help and Wanita.

I reason I got rather steamed about my arthritis is, because I have

recently stopped using a special sublingual compound of HRT and found

my arthritis symptoms coming back, hot flashes and hip ache. All this

time I thought it was my NT diet with all it's raw foods that was

helping me so much. I tell you even tiny amounts of hormones are very

powerful. I have been on HRT for 7 years and my doctor thinks it is

time to quit. I am having doubts about stopping. Who needs hot

flashes when it is 90 plus degrees outside. In truth they are not as

intense as they once where, but if they get worse, I may go back on

the same low dose HRT.

I think I now have a better balance of omega 3 and omega 6 and it is

helping me in many ways. After all my rosacea is almost non existent,

so something is most certainly improved. The NT diet, no more wheat

and improved digestion from using fermented foods have been the keys

here.

I think the electric book sounds very interesting . I will check

it out through their web site.

I also realize how important magnesium and all the other minerals are

for tip top health. I take 950 mg of magnesium every day. It is a

real energy booster. It seems hard for me to get the minerals

balanced. I think I read about a saliva test for checking mineral

levels at Dr. Mercola's web site. I would love to test with it.

I will be getting some Azomite from a biodymanic farmer who lives

near by. Do any of you out their take Asomite?

Sheila

> >> Also, copper (mantraware.com has a patch you put inside your

watch)

> >and

> >> boron

> >

> >> Mineral deficiencies are at the bottom of so many " diseases. "

> >

> >Yes, I agree, but how does a person determine which minerals are

> >deficient and what quantities to take if they are deficient? These

> >are the questions which puzzle me.

> >

> >Sally recommends Azomite for minerals supplementaion, because most

> >people (including those of us who follow NT to the letter) have

> >difficulty getting enough minerals from their water and foods to

keep

> >them healthy. If a person already has osteoarthritis, what then? 

> >Should larger amounts of minerals be taken for a short period of

time

> >or for a very long time? How will this be monitored? I know it is

> >important not to get your minerals out of balance. How will this

be

> >achieved?

> >

> >If a person is just beginnig to eat the NT way, will there be

enough

> >minerals in the fats from grass fed animals to help a person

> >eventually overcome arthritis or at least enough to end pain and

> >perhaps avoid joint replacement? Tough questions I know, but I

> >believe there are answers out there somewhere. I'm sure we need

more

> >focus on the nutritional needs aspects of arthritis.

> >

> > I am looking for a plan of action to add to the NT diet, sort of

a

> >compensation plan to end the reasons the arthritis got started in

the

> >first place. After all if this degenerative disease rarely struck

> >native peoples there is hope for us too.

> >

> >If you can recommemd any web sites, nutritional plans or books

> >concerning this problem I would be delighted.

> > Thanks, 

> >   Sheila

>

> After learning from my Mom's vascular surgeon that she has a

calcified plaque

> layer wherever she has varicose veins in her legs you bet I said I

practice

> prevention when he said " don't get sick. " She didn't know that all

the handy

> commercial vegetable substitutes for homemade lard and butter would

lead

> her to

> surgery after surgery or that the overtime hours at the factory

standing on

> cement floors would put her retirement in a wheelchair. The factory

had a

> sodium tablet dispensing machine to help you sweat. What about

potassium?

> Minerals? Am thinking of getting hair analysis done to verify any

minerals

> I've

> researched to be lacking due to symptoms in the past. Just to be

sure I'm

> reading my body right. Magnesium I doubt anyone should not be

> supplementing. It

> prevents the calcification of so many diseases and regulates the

electrical

> system.

> Wanita